Month: January 2018

Born on this day, was Woodward Maurice Ritter, better known as Tex Ritter, the American country music singer and movie actor who was popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. He was the first artist signed with the newly-formed Capitol…

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American country music singer A. J. Masters died aged 64 of prostate cancer. Masters played guitar for Charlie Rich and wrote the songs “Change My Mind”, which was recorded by both The Oak Ridge Boys and John Berry, “Someday” by…

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Charley Pride received a lifetime achievement award from the In the early to mid-1970s Pride became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley, scoring 39 #1 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts.
Source: This Day in Country

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Born on this day in East Tupelo, Mississippi, was Elvis Presley. Before emerging as the “King of Rock & Roll,” Presley made inroads in country, where he returned during his latter years. He was inducted into the in 1998. Presley…

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American country music musician, singer, and songwriter Sara Carter died aged 80. She was the lead singer on most of the recordings of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1993, her image appeared on a…

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American country singer-songwriter Red Simpson, best known for his trucker-themed songs died aged 81. His first #1 hit was with “Sam’s Place,” recorded by Buck Owens. In 1979, Simpson appeared for the last time on the charts with “The Flying…

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Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott married Nashville-based drummer Chris Tyrrell. The two first met in college and reconnected when Lady Antebellum and fellow country music band Love and Theft, in which Tyrrell was the drummer at the time, both served…

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The funeral of Hank Williams took place at the Montgomery Auditorium. An estimated 20,000 to 25,000 people passed by the silver coffin, and the auditorium was filled with 2,750 mourners. His funeral was said to have been far larger than…

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Sun Studio was opened by Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with Sun Records. Rock-and-roll, country music, and rockabilly artists, including Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl…